Former Manchester United soccer player George Best was released on bail on Thursday after being arrested over an allegation he assaulted a woman, police said.
Best, 59, was released "pending further inquiries", the police said in a statement. "He is due to return to a Surrey police station [southwest of London] on July 6."
Vicky Pope, 34, told the Daily Mirror newspaper that a drunken Best had punched
Best's agent Phil Hughes said Best "categorically" denied the alleged assault, the BBC reported.
Best, widely regarded as one of soccer's all-time greats, has been fighting alcoholism for many years since his sporting career ended and has suffered a string of broken romances.